Yeah. Thousands. Amy refugees escaping war in syria and other countries continue to cross into europe as the president of the European Commission proposes a plan for all European Union nations to help settle refugees. About 100,000, 100 60,000. That is the number of europeans that have to take in. And i really hope this time everyone will be on board. Needed for theis time. Amy to talk about the refugee crisis, we will go to guests in the anna, london, and germany and speak with her syrian refugee in austria as well as a Syrian American here at home who is calling for the u. S. To accept more Syrian Refugees. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is now estimating at least 850,000 people are expected to cross the mediterranean this year and next seeking refuge in europe to , escape violence and unrest in syria, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, subsaharan africa, and other regions. 366,000 hav
Benefits the people. Amy guatemalans celebrate in the street as the president Otto Perez Molina is jailed on corruption charges one day after he resigns from office. We will go to Guatemala City for the latest and speak to nobel peace laureate Rigoberto Menchu and journalist allan nairn. Then to chicago. A group of Chicago Public school parents, grandmothers, and education activists are entering the 19th day of a Hunger Strike. We will go to chicago to find out why. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In guatemala, expresident Otto Perez Molina has been jailed on charges of corruption only hours after he bowed to massive popular protest and resigned. In court thursday, prosecutors played wiretapped conversations they say show perez molina was part of customsfraud ring that pilfered tens of millions of dollars from the state treasury. Vice president Alejandro Maldonado has been sworn in as interim presiden
Surrender in world war ii. As apple gears up to launch its latest iphone, could sonys newest model give it a boost in the cell phone market . The Venice Film Festival gets underway with the 3d hollywood blood buster blockbuster everest. First, our top stories. We are having quite an issue today with the situation in hungary. Lots of information coming in as we speak and this morning, hundreds of migrants who were blocked out by that train station in budapest were let back in. The police ended the blockade early this morning, and people climbed over each other to board those playing trades. Already,the station but apparently the migrants were taken off that train about half hour outside the past at a spot near a refugee camp, not far from where they were taken off. Some migrants that were actually laying down on the tracks were taken away by the police. Many more refugees who were on that train that left the past have also run off. We are at the train station in budapest. Rushedreds of
Yeah. Thousands. Amy refugees escaping war in syria and other countries continue to cross into europe as the president of the European Commission proposes a plan for all European Union nations to help settle refugees. About 100,000, 100 60,000. That is the number of europeans that have to take in. And i really hope this time everyone will be on board. Needed for theis time. Amy to talk about the refugee crisis, we will go to guests in the anna, london, and germany and speak with her syrian refugee in austria as well as a Syrian American here at home who is calling for the u. S. To accept more Syrian Refugees. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is now estimating at least 850,000 people are expected to cross the mediterranean this year and next seeking refuge in europe to , escape violence and unrest in syria, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, subsaharan africa, and other regions. 366,000 hav
Newest front in global espionage. It is one of the least habitable locales on the earth, the arctic. We will speak to investigative journalist James Bamford. Then mr. Smith goes to prison. Was the amazing amount of untapped Human Potential in prison. I met some of the brightest people ive met in my life there. People who rivaled those of the ceos who had wind and i me while i was a state senator. Amy a decade ago, jeff smith was a rising political star in missouri. Today is a professor at the new school in new york. In between he spent a year in federal prison for Campaign Election violation. He has just published a book about what a year behind bars taught him about americas prison crisis. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has challenged World Leaders to act urgently on Climate Change or condemn our children to a world they will no longer have the capacity to repair. On monday, presiden